Ev WilliamsWho has a perspective on the future of Mastodon? Where is it going? Where should it go? Either off-the-cuff opinions or pointers to articles are appreciated.
Alex S.@ev The fundamental issue I see repeatedly is that Interoperability (what Mastodon and Fedi truly offers) is a no-brainer for tech-types but completely uninteresting and in some-cases a turn off for laypeople. Creates a huge adoption issue.
@ev I’ve had conversations with people that go “I don’t care that other people can follow me from other servers - I want all my friends to be on the same server as me. Why would I just want some person to be running my server anyways?”
Todd Smith"Why would I just want some person to be running my server anyways?”
I enjoy using Mastodon, but this is a drawback for me as well.
Any long-time user of Reddit will be familiar with instances where a sub-Reddit moderator abused their authority in some fashion or another, and no one wants to be in a position where an (extremely) petty tyrant screws up your feed.
I'm deliberately on a large server for that reason - less chance of the admin being on a power trip.
Adam Elman@todd_smith @tonic @ev I remember after a particularly frustrating home-rental experience that I decided I’d only rent homes from professional rental companies from then on. It’s not that those companies are great - FAR FROM IT - but at least they’re going to be consistent. (They’re also not going to suddenly decide to move back into the house you were living in.)
There are down sides to having big players in the space, but IMHO there’s LOTS of upsides for many people.